Author: Aron Solomon

By Aron Solomon Will Jamie Spears back away from his stated position that he is not only fine stepping away as conservator, but that the conservatorship should end as well? With pressure mounting on Jamie Spears, including news that the FBI may be launching an investigation into some of the allegations contained in the Friday release of the New York Times documentary on Britney‘s life, we may be dealing with a highly unpredictable person at this point. It is honestly impossible to predict what Jamie Spears’ position might be in a hearing that will examine whether he should remain as…

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By Aron Solomon Irony of ironies, I was preparing on Monday afternoon for a Tuesday morning radio interview on the potential cyber vulnerabilities of the 2022 midterm election. At that exact moment, I started to get messages on WhatsApp, Twitter direct message, WeChat, and SMS, from people letting me know that I needed to immediately update all my Apple devices. I admittedly/mercifully run fewer Apple devices than most people I know, primarily my iPhone, which was a relatively recent switch back to iOS from a truly excellent Google phone. Because I’m naturally (very) suspicious, I started to do some digging…

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By Aron Solomon While all of the media attention is currently centered on the Theranos trial, temporarily stalled after one day of trial due to a COVID-19 scare on the jury, there is an improbable redemptive tale about to play out in a New York courtroom. David Boies, who was once deeply involved in l’affaire Theranos, is representing Virginia Giuffre in her civil case against Prince Andrew that began on Monday with a pre-trial hearing. Prince Andrew is being sued in New York by Virginia Roberts Giuffre, who has consistently claimed that Prince Andrew had sex with her when she…

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By Aron Solomon The California recall election cost $276 million and it wasn’t even close.  How we ended up here was perfectly summarized on Tuesday by the New York Times: “How a Democratic star in the bluest of blue states could have ended up confronting a recall remains one of the more remarkable mysteries of the moment.” After five failed attempts under the Trump administration to get enough momentum for a recall, it was Newsom himself, literally unmasked and eating with lobbyists at French Laundry, that was sufficiently unpalatable to voters. While California isn’t alone – 18 other states have…

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By Aron Solomon Late last week, a court handed Apple a bunch of small victories, while handing Epic, maker of the insanely popular Fortnite, a big one.  Here is the epic Epic press release they never wrote: Dear Gaming Community, We are your gods. While no one thought anyone could compel Apple to change their AppStore model, we did, with a little help from the courts. Our historic victory against Apple in the part of our court battle most relevant to you is going to bring big changes in how you can buy games. It’s going to mean more competitive…

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By Aron Solomon A personal injury law firm near Vancouver, Canada took to social media with an offer to sue people who spread COVID-19. Imagine having Covid-19. Being told you have Covid-19. Being told to self isolate and taking basic steps to protect others. But not doing so and harming others. You may be called a Covidiot. You may be sued. They also claim on their site that they trademarked two taglines: We Sue Covid Spreaders ™ We Sue Covidiots™ While their social media post was definitely noticed, from a legal perspective, how successful will future COVID-19 civil lawsuits be…

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By Aron Solomon This week marks the long-anticipated trial of Elizabeth Holmes, founder of the startup Theranos. In U.S. v. Elizabeth Holmes, et. al., what was once a Silicon Valley startup drama, then a TV and film drama, now becomes a courtroom drama. But what unique questions of law are there and where is the case going to actually end up? The stakes have always been high with Theranos. The company once had a market cap of $9 billion. On Tuesday, jury selection begins in the trial of Stanford-educated Elizabeth Holmes, the Theranos founder, who could face 20 years in…

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By Aron Solomon With the eyes of the nation and the world on the Supreme Court right up until midnight last night, the course of action the Court chose was inaction. As of 12:01 this morning, the Texas 6-week “fetal heartbeat” abortion ban took effect, essentially making abortion illegal in all practical terms. Why did the Court do nothing? The very short answer is because it might have been the best legal path for them to follow. While this is justifiably seen as a major setback for pro-choice advocates in Texas and every other state of the union, the Supreme…

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By Aron Solomon Washington State launched the Limited License Legal Technician program in 2015, with the truly admirable goal of training practitioners to provide affordable, regulated, and skilled legal services to the people in the state who had family law issues but couldn’t afford a lawyer. Only five years after the launch of what was, on the ground, an overwhelmingly successful program, the Washington Supreme Court turned on the program and ended it. There is little in the legal innovation space more disappointing than putting resources behind a new program to give more people access to justice, seeing promising initial…

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